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...says travelers are driving short trips they might have flown in the past. Demand for charter planes is up as much as 27% since Sept. 11. And Southern Californians have been slipping over the border to Tijuana, of all places, in search of airline safety. That city's Rodriguez International Airport, which has added more armed guards in its terminals and randomly checks luggage of 1 of every 5 passengers, reports that traffic is up 19% since Sept. 11, with nervous Americans making up much of the increase...
...great World Series--infuriated the players' union, which viewed it as a hardball bargaining tactic. The league is desperate for some kind of salary cap, like that of the NFL and the NBA, because the owners are unable to contain themselves. Witness Texas Rangers boss Tom Hicks' signing Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year contract worth $252 million. Union president Donald Fehr issued a terse denunciation and then filed a grievance. Said former commissioner Fay Vincent: "Once again, the owners of baseball have made a terrible mistake...
...addition to financial worries, the psychological toll of unemployment has set in. Elba Rodriguez, 52, a 25-year veteran cleaner at the Trade Center, wells up with tears when recounting her years on the 4:30 p.m.-to-12:30 a.m. shift, cheerfully doing the dirty work that many people shun. Rodriguez insists, "I cannot stay home. I want to go back to work. The World Trade Center was like my home. Everybody was nice...
...excited that HSA is going to be in very good hands next year,” said current HSA President Cindy L. Rodriguez...
...felt that they were looking more for profile than performance,” Rodriguez said...